Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide Author: Ron Cody | Language: English | ISBN:
B00140IU6Q | Format: EPUB
Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide Description
Ron Cody clearly explains a programming technique and then illustrates it with one or more real-life examples, followed by a description of how the program works. The text is divided into four major sections: Getting Started; DATA Step Processing; Presenting and Summarizing Your Data; and Advanced Topics.
- File Size: 25461 KB
- Print Length: 664 pages
- Publisher: SAS Institute (March 26, 2007)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00140IU6Q
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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If you just want to casually gain some familiarity with SAS up to the level of Base Programming certification, then probably the Little SAS Book alone will be enough. (At least it worked for me.) That book is economically priced and is famous for being concise and clear. However, when you actually program in SAS or even prepare for the Advanced Programming certification, you will soon find yourself outgrow the "Little" book. Then you need another book like "Learning SAS by Example" to elevate you to the next level. This book is not only concise and clear, but also encyclopaedic and systematic. There are many good "programming by example" SAS books on the market. I am particularly impressed by this book's broad coverage of practical topics and their methodical treatments.
The book is divided into four parts.
Part 1 is a short introduction extended to details like priority of arithmetic operations and Program Data Vector-- stuff that not only beginners will find useful, but also more experienced programmers would not mind to keep as reference.
Part 2 drills on the DATA step. The chapters progress from file I/O, to creating data set, then creating formats and labels, and then writing conditionals and loops. This is just the logical order of a SAS program. Once you have the basics, then the book moves on to the next most common programming issues such as functions (dates, numeric, character), data subsetting, and arrays. These (plus half of Part 3) can essentially get you through the Base exam.
Part 3 covers mundane topics such as report customisation. All major means of data display, i.e., PROC PRINT (with PROC SORT), PROC FREQ, PROC MEANS, PROC TABULATE, PROC REPORT, and ODS, are individually introduced in their own chapters.
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